SEB Larsson wants to see Blues fans have their own cup of cheer this season.

Blues head to Everton tomorrow looking to progress beyond the FA Cup fourth round for the first time since 2006.

Having watched their city rivals secure a Carling Cup trip to Wembley on Wednesday night, Bluenoses will be eager to have their own grand day out in May.

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With the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United already out of the final 32, the chances of an outsider lifting the famous cup have been increased.

And, given the club’s sensational form so far this season, Larsson insists there is no reason why Blues shouldn’t believe they can go all the way and reward their fans.

“It’s always nice to have a good cup run,” said the Sweden international.

“The league is the most important thing but a cup run, especially when you’re doing well in the league, helps.

“You can relax a bit more. It’s nice, I’ve never been that far in the cup and it would be nice to see what it could do to us and the supporters.

“The fans would love us to go far in the cup.”

Larsson was a young Gunner coming through the ranks when Arsenal won the FA Cup in 2002, 2003 and 2005 but had no involvement and admits his own playing record in the competition isn’t great.

Tomorrow’s opponents, Everton, were last year’s finalists and the Toffees traditionally have a decent cup pedigree.

Blues have already travelled to Goodison Park this season and pitted their wits against David Moyes’ side. That December trip ended in a creditable 1-1 draw, albeit during a poor run of form for Everton.

The Merseysiders have since turned their form around with a draw at Arsenal and victory over Manchester City. Larsson joked: “The cup’s wide open and we’ve got a nice easy tie away to Everton coming up.”

However, the 24-year-old is fully aware of the challenge ahead, after Blues narrowly edged themselves past Nottingham Forest in the previous round.

“It will be tough, we didn’t have a good performance against Nottingham Forest but we managed to get through, which is what we wanted to do, and now we want to try and go as far as we can in the cup.

“We know it’s going to be very difficult at Everton, but we are high in confidence and we’ve been up there and come away with a draw already this season.

“We’ve got every right to be confident enough to go into that game thinking we can progress.”